Drugs expert witnesses may opine on drug research, drug overdose, drug abuse, and related matters. Synthetic drugs have been in the news and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says that while Ohio lawmakers have outlawed dangerous synthetic drugs, new compounds are being generated.

Reproductive endocrinology expert witnesses may report and testify on infertility, recurrent pregnancy losses, gynecologic cancer, and related reproductive system problems. In the news, 51 women have diethylstilbestrol (DES) lawsuits pending in Boston against more than a dozen drug companies. Plaintiffs argue that the pregnancy drug caused an increased rate of breast cancer in the daughters of women who took the drug in the 1950s. Four of the plaintiffs, the Melnick sisters, have had breast cancer, miscarriages, fertility problems, and/or other reproductive system problems.